Gov. Haley to call for removal of Confederate flag from Capitol grounds [W:154]

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This is what I mean exactly. Political correctness has raped history and rewritten it to suit its own agenda. You might call that a victory - but I think it's quite sad.

If you're interested in history, trace the recent history of the Confederate flag, when it saw a huge resurgence in popularity across the former Confederacy. Find out what year it was first raised on the State Capitol in SC. For some strange reason, it coincided with Southern opposition to integration and civil rights for blacks.

Were it not for that history, MAYBE the case could be made that it's all about history and southern pride and all that , but the fact is that flag became popular when states were defending Jim Crow and Federal attempts to roll back institutionalized, state sanctioned white supremacy.

This is what happens when we let public schools rob our children of history, and replace it with political correctness.

This is a cute meme that is ignoring the fact that I am directly dealing with what the Confederate govt was defending...and it is directly countering your claims....which you have apparently decided to drop.

Originally Posted by trouble13

If you wanna know why Trumpsters are ignoring you its for the same reason you ignored the KKKs complaints about Obama.

This is what happens when we let public schools rob our children of history, and replace it with political correctness.

The public schools I attended in Tennessee never had us read some of the states' declarations of secession, which make the point crystal clear what the war was all about and why the South seceded. I'm embarrassed to admit I was over 40 before I looked them up and read them. Until then I thought there could be a case for a somewhat more nuanced cause for that war. But when the states say, paraphrased for brevity, "It's all about slavery" when they secede, you sort of have to take their word for it.

This is what happens when we let public schools rob our children of history, and replace it with political correctness.

Our new Government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas; its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition.

Originally Posted by trouble13

If you wanna know why Trumpsters are ignoring you its for the same reason you ignored the KKKs complaints about Obama.

If you're interested in history, trace the recent history of the Confederate flag, when it saw a huge resurgence in popularity across the former Confederacy. Find out what year it was first raised on the State Capitol in SC. For some strange reason, it coincided with Southern opposition to integration and civil rights for blacks.

Were it not for that history, MAYBE the case could be made that it's all about history and southern pride and all that , but the fact is that flag became popular when states were defending Jim Crow and Federal attempts to roll back institutionalized, state sanctioned white supremacy.

Photography is one of the most powerful ways to understand history. During the civil rights movement in the 50s and 60s, it was normal to see white Southerners in favor of segregation waving their flags in the faces of protesters. It was a counter protest of sorts.

People want to continue perpetuating this lie that the confederacy existed to do anything other than preserve slavery and enforce racist ideals that had become taboo even by the 1800s. However, they can't really dispute history or the amount of primary evidence that shows this to be nothing more than whitewashing.

Peace is a lie. There is only Passion. Through Passion I gain Strength. Through Strength I gain Power. Through Power I gain Victory. Through Victory my chains are Broken. The Force shall free me.

The South was fighting to keep the union troops from burning and destroying everything in sight. They failed, but that doesn't mean they did not honor their states. Less than 5% of the people ever owned slaves of benefited from the slave trade. The vast, vast majority fought to survive. The union was ruthless in battle and in the Reconstruction that followed.

The South was fighting to destroy our country. The North as fighting in self-defense after Southerners attacked a defenseless Ft. Sumter.